Opened at Rim of the World Theatre in San Bernardino
A vast outdoor theatre at 7000 feet in the San Bernardino mountains opened with a novel musical program. It can seat 40000, using natural pine needle seating and rock platforms. Performances featured a violinist high above the audience, string quartet echoes below, and chorus from hidden caverns with colored lights creating a magical effect.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Rim of the World
Nature
Oxford University Receives Large Astrolabe Set
Oxford reports a bare set of 63 astrolabes gifted by Dr. Lewis Evans, brother of archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans. When combined with existing college holdings the collection forms the most complete and representative series of this rare instrument. The article notes the astrolabe’s appearance and its significance.
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Oxford University
Oxford
Hag
Lewis Evans
Arthur Evans
Astrolabe’s Heritage in Ancient Astronomy
The instrument traces to Hipparchus in the second century BC, measuring the year’s length and star positions, aiding sun and star altitude calculations. An Arab revival refined it for navigation, preserving a key scientific relic from Greek civilization’s wreckage.
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Christ
Hipparchus
Ila
America
Germany
California Motor Club Uses Mails Extensively
Los Angeles June 25 Approximately 3 000 000 pieces will constitute the outgoing mail of the Automobile Club of Southern California this year figures based on 1924 activity First class about 3 600 letters daily second class 2 600 pieces and 160 parcel post packets totaling 5 650 pieces daily Annually about 1 669 000 mail pieces plus 1 206 000 copies of the club magazine and about 100 000 letters and packages carried to 30 branch offices by the highway patrol fleet every year.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Automobie Club
Southern California
Highway Patrol
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West
Carl Bickley
Leavitt and Johnson Ride
Res
Ford
California Motor Club
DE. C. W. Bruner
Butte
Black Hawk
Phaove
Miller Cleaning & Dye Works
Peterman
Ackher
Evening Courier
Otson’s Waterton Largest
Dotson
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Bradley
Gabardine
Billy Rough
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!